Privacy should be understandable.

Anonymous to the public

Your published story does not display your real name. Nye Voices may still possess confidential information if you separately chose to provide it.

Confidential and contactable

Your identity remains hidden from the public, but you voluntarily provide private contact information so authorized communication may be possible.

Standard reporting and infrastructure

Standard reports travel through ordinary Nye Voices infrastructure. Report content is encrypted before database persistence, and confidential direct-contact information is separately encrypted. Ordinary hosting and network providers may still process connection metadata. Standard confidential reporting is not maximum-anonymity reporting.

Maximum anonymity

Maximum-anonymity reporting uses separate hardened Tor-based intake infrastructure. Ordinary Nye Voices Supabase infrastructure does not receive these submissions. Maximum anonymity is not absolute anonymity: your device, network, documents, writing, or details within your report may still identify you.

Investigator permissions

Permission to review your report, permission to contact you, and permission to receive your identity are separate decisions.

What "no NCSO private access" means

Nye Voices does not provide NCSO with a privileged account for browsing confidential reports or source information.

If you authorize another agency to receive information, Nye Voices can preserve and communicate your preference that confidential information not be voluntarily referred to NCSO. Nye Voices cannot guarantee what another agency may later be legally authorized or required to do with information it receives.

If you choose public publication, the story can be read by anyone, including NCSO.

Legal limits

Nye Voices does not promise to obstruct valid legal process. Our privacy strategy begins by avoiding unnecessary collection of identifying information and limiting access to information that is actually needed.